Of the 177, I believe only about 154 were indicted.
I quoted what you quoted him as having written. And he clearly said "arrested", not "indicted".
Reporters have always been capable of embarrassing themselves - I won't post my most glaring error in my youth - but in the old days, real papers had copy editors to keep reporters out of trouble (most of the time). Copy editors are history, and now all reporters have to live with their fumbles.